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    Hard drive swap L502x to a L702x will it work?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by lotust, Jun 17, 2011.

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    lotust Notebook Geek

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    well phyically I know it will work. But do you think it will boot up into windows? I am trading my L502 for a L702 and I would rather not have to load up all my programs again.
     
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    It should. All the hardware is more or less identical.
     
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    that is what I was thinking too. Will windows pop up and give me a hard time about having a different COA key?
     
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    It shouldn't. Unless you reinstalled, Windows should be activated with the Dell OEM key. As long as it detects a Dell BIOS it should still work. Worst case, you just put in the new key.
     
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    this is true, Thanks for the reply. my brain was on overdrive trying to figure this out. Now I just need to see if I can get the Palm rest off the L502 without breaking it. It looks simple enough.
     
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    just an update. It works perfect. I now own a L702X :)
     
    lotust, Jun 18, 2011
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